Political capital refers to the influence of power. Depending on who is in charge will determine if they use their authority for negative or positive reasons. It is always good to have an individual in charge to implement structure. There are two types of political capital instrumental and structural. ----The type of political capital used by the Admissions Selections Committee is instrumental. They have the ability to use the resources around them to influence the next incoming class, admissions application, and new student policies. There are also four theories of Power, which include Elite, Pluralist, Growth Machine Theory, and Urban Regime Theory. ---- The Admissions Committee falls under the Elite theory. The elite theory states that
